Roughly a month after its apperance at E3 back in June of this year&comma; Firefly Studios has announced Stronghold Crusader 2 is now entering closed beta testing and has released the system requirements for the game&period;

"Our stated goal with Crusader 2 was to create the best 3D Stronghold game yet. We wanted the playability of the 2D titles in a 3D space and our enhanced version of the Vision Engine provided us with the tools needed to achieve this."- Firefly Studios